Independent experts nominated by country party

Johnny Ricardo Mena Iza

Title
Mr.
First name
Johnny Ricardo
Last name
Mena Iza
Gender
Male
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Discipline of Expertise
Environmental sciences/ecology
Hydrology
Information technologies (including remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS))
Meteorological sciences
Thematic Areas
Adaptation
Climate change
Climate variability
Drought
Environmental engineering
Environmental governance
Environmental impact assessment
Environmental monitoring
Environmental policy analysis
Extreme events
Land degradation
Land-use planning
Risk assessment
Vulnerability
Water conservation
UN languages spoken

Spanish

English

Geographical Focus
Ecuador
Job function
Climate Change Adaptation Analyst
Division
Directorate of Climate Change Adaptation
Email
johnny.mena@ambiente.gob.ec
Telephone number
+59323987600
Work experience
Has experience in the public and private sector in monitoring, reporting and verfication of projects, adaptation measures to climate change, climate risk studies and in the management of statistical databases of climate change indicators and variables, in addition to some regularization and Environmental regulation processes. He is currently a Climate Change Adaptation Specialist at the Ministry of Environment , Water and Ecological Transition. Co-author of the Paper on Vulnerability and territorial climate risk in the sub/basin of the Machangara River, province of Azuay – Threat of Intense Rains (Ecuador).
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
MS in Environmental Engineering, Central University of Ecuador, 2019
Number of Publications
1
Publication titles
Alquinga, Y. Mena, J. Palacios, T.(2020). Vulnerabilidad y riesgo climático territorial en la subcuenca del río Machángara, provincia del Azuay – Amenaza Lluvias Intensas (Ecuador). Congreso Nacional de Inundaciones de Orihuela
Other activities
- Short Course: Faculty of Economics and Business / University ofChile: Diploma in Disaster Risk Management and Adaptationto Climate Change (2022).
- Development of the technical and economic proposal for the analysis of climate risk in the value chains of the countries of Argentina, Paraguay and Ecuador.
- Interdisciplinary monitoring and research processes of adaptation to climate change.
- Processing of environmental, social and climatic statistical information.
Organisation nature
Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition
Organisation street address
Street Madrid 11 and Andalucia
Organisation city
Andalucia
Organisation country
Ecuador